Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Collection of American, Foreign Gold, Silver and Copper Coins and Medals, the Property of J. Colvin Randall, Esq., Of Philadelphia: Comprising Many Rare and Choice Specimens of the Series of United States Silver and Copper Coins; Including Pattern Pieces, Colonials, Medals, Store Cards and Miscellaneous Pieces Half Dollar 1853, California, Oct. Fine, (entire1y different from ordinary half dollars, has Eagle on reverse.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.